You are not big enough to accuse the whole age effectively, but let us say you are in dissent. You are in no position to issue commands, but you can speak words of hope. Shall this be the substance of your message? Be human in this most inhuman of ages; guard the image of man for it is the image of God. --Thomas Merton

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Farmer Jesus

This last winter at one of Brenden's basketball games I was sitting in the stands. I was wearing my overalls. This caught the eye of one the students, I was told later. He asked one of the teachers, "Who is the Farmer Jesus sitting up there?"

"That," the teacher replied, "is Dr. Beck."

Whenever I wear my overalls I always get that farmer comment. Just this last week at Freedom Fellowship my friend Sally (author of the recently published memoir Loves God, Likes Girls) said I looked just like her grandpa, who was a farmer. I particularly get these comments when I wear a bandana, which I wear from time to time to keep my bangs out of my eyes.

Anyhow, a few curious friends and readers have wanted pictures of this look of mine. Well, this past week my friend Jim took some pictures at Freedom Fellowship. I was preaching and rocking my Farmer Jesus look.

(BTW, if you look at Jesus back there in the baptistry, I do sort of look like his older brother.)